This post is an archival post from the original Datamancer.net blog, which is no longer online. It was written by Richard Nagy between 2009 and 2012, before he passed away. We have kept it public, unchanged apart from the layout, so the information stays available to as many people as possible.
Hey everyone, The SciFi Channel’s new Warehouse 13 TV show contacted me a while back to do some prop work for them and one of my keyboards is featured in the show (the Sojourner keyboard I built for my girlfriend 2 Christmases ago, to be exact). The show looks like it is going to be pretty funny. Appearing to be partially inspired by the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, it’s about 2 FBI agents who are charged with protecting a giant Warehouse full of strange and supernatural artifacts that have been locked away for the protection of the public. The storytelling style seems to be very lighthearted and quirky and I hope the show becomes very popular so they commission me to build them some more elaborate contraptions for future seasons (I’m actually designing a Version 2.0 of my old Computational Engine PC right now with them in mind). The show comes on tonight (7/7/09) at 9pm (Pacific). The pic below is from Wired.com.
More info here: First Look-Steampunk gadgets go wild in Warehouse 13 (Wired.com)
and here: Star’s chemistry ignites in Warehouse 13 (Wired.com)
-~Doc~-